Unless you know that the baby is not going to be able to feed for a long while (like a 25-28 weeker or something) I'm struggling to understand why that would be desirable?? I'm missing somthing here. Shouldn't a 1hr old baby still be lying on their mother's chest?? Karleen Gribble Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betsy Riedel,RNC,IBCLC" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 6:39 AM Subject: pumping after birth A couple of years ago, we went to the "pumping within the first hour after birth" if the baby was unable (or clueless) and I have to say, we have had very positive results with this approach. *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET email list is powered by LISTSERV (R). There is only one LISTSERV. To learn more, visit: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html